Kho
"kho" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Kho” is uncommon English (frequency #87,451 among 1,236 “K” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,451
- frequency rank, English
- 1,236
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Chinese surname from Hokkien, commonly found in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, most notably borne by
Corpus desk
Index EN-kho · Kho · English
Kho · rank #87,451 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,451
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,236
- PHOTO-FINISH Kham
Nearest frequency peer: Kham (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Kho”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- KERS
KERS
12,554 corpus weight
- Kham
Kham
12,552 corpus weight
- Kho
Kho
12,550 corpus weight
- Kickapoo
Kickapoo
12,548 corpus weight
- Kii
Kii
12,547 corpus weight
- kimberlite
kimberlite
12,546 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Kho” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kho |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #87,451 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Kho” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Kho is uncommon English at frequency #87,451 among 1,236 “K” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Chinese surname from Hokkien, commonly found in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, most notably borne by".
Kho doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hokkien 許 /许 (Khó͘). The correct English form is Kho, spelled K-H-O.
Definition
- 1A Chinese surname from Hokkien, commonly found in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, most notably borne by
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Kho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kho Sin-Kie, was an Indonesian-born tennis player who represented the Republic of China in the Davis Cup.
Etymology
From Hokkien 許 /许 (Khó͘).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).